Usually means: Aggressive intimidation or coercion tactics.
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  1. mau-mau: Merriam-Webster
  2. mau-mau: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. mau-mau: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Mau-Mau, Mau-mau: Wordnik
  5. mau-mau: Wiktionary
  6. mau-mau: Dictionary.com
  7. Mau-Mau: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. mau-mau: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. mau-mau: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. mau-mau: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. mau-mau, mau-mau: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Note: See mau-maued as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (mau-mau)

verb:  (transitive) To menace through intimidating tactics; to intimidate, harass; to terrorize.

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